US sanctions Myanmar generals over killings of Rohingya

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 22:57:03 +0000

WASHINGTON – The United States is hitting four top Myanmar generals, including the country’s commander in chief and his deputy, with sanctions over the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims.

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North Korea: Trump tries to undermine peace with sanctions

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 23:01:39 +0000

UNITED NATIONS – North Korea’s U.N. Mission is accusing the Trump administration of deliberately trying to undermine peace efforts by pressuring all countries to implement U.N. sanctions.

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‘Undisciplined’ PDP-Laban members face sanction — Pimentel

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:32:04 +0000

“Undisciplined” members of the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) will be sanctioned

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Trump intervenes, reverses North Korea sanctions with tweet

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:26:33 +0000

Trump intervenes, reverses North Korea sanctions with tweet

PALM BEACH, Fla.  — President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he had reversed his administration’s decision to slap new sanctions on North Korea — a move that left officials at the Treasury Department and observers across Washington scratching their heads. Trump delivered the news from his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, writing, “It was […]

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Pence, Abe agree on North Korea sanctions, new trade talks

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%%excerpt%% TOKYO — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday reaffirmed the need to keep sanctions on North Korea to achieve its denuclearization as they showcased their bilateral alliance, while Pence also urged Japan to do more to reduce the U.S. trade deficit.

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Sanctions Slapped on Russian Entities for U.S. Grid Cyber Intrusions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on June 11 slapped sanctions on five Russian firms and three Russian individuals for several “significant” malicious cyber-enabled activities, including cyber intrusions in the U.S. energy grid. The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the sanctions are authorized under President Obama’s Executive Order 13694, “Blocking the Property of Certain […]

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